Paco Kelly's Leverguns.com

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You sure hit the nail on the head.

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Welcome to the forum from Crockett Texas

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Ordered some Starline brass this morning from Midway, then see how that works before I order a set of RCBS dies.
Thanks for the info.

Ken

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I had the same problem with my Handi. I put some valve grinding compond on some fire formed 30-30 brass and hooked it up to a cordless drill. Only had .002-.003 to go, took awhile but works great. This would be a lot harder. Just need to find some Starline brass . Till then I will use my .378 Dia bu...

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Well we have run into a little hick up. I loaded 20 rounds with Oregon Trails .380 Dia bullets and w/w brass, they will all most chamber, lacking about 1/4 inch. I made a test round using Shooters Choise bullets .378 Dia and w/w brass, the rounds fall right in. I then tried Black Hulls Ammunition th...

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Thanks everyone for your inputs. I have some Oregon trails 240 gr RN FP (.380 dia.) and some Lee and 250 gr RN PF GC (.379 dia.) that I am going to try. I guess we will start with IMR 4198 and 5744 and see what happens. My only seating die is by Lee so I hope it doesn't resize the bullets. I am diei...

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Thank you all for your input. I tried looking up the date on the leverguns home page but it would not work for me. I guess $635 was not a bad price to pay for the thing. I have been looking for one for a good 8 years. I have found new ones but could not afford them, this is the first used one I have...

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After years of searching the local shops, I finally found and bought a Marlin 336CB in 38-55. I have looked every where and can not find a list that will tell me when it was made. The S/N is 97203XXX. Any help would be appreciated. Also, now is a fine time to ask :) , what are these things worth? Th...

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Social Security doesn't allow for such things. I wish I could afford night vision.

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I wish I could see the darn things, I have gone looking for them at all times of the night with no luck. They have turned my lake and pond into a logging camp.

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Thanks again everyone for the replies. It was a big help.

Ken

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Thanks everyone for the imputs. I will relay the info.

By the way I like my Nikon and it is on a Ruger #1 45-70 loaded hot.

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My son is getting a new rifle (300 Win. Mag.) and needs a scope. He has done a lot of research and is hearing good things about the Burris scopes. He does not have unlimited income so he wants the most bang for the buck. I though it would be better to hear from real world people that have used these...

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jnyork- pm sent

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Spent a lot of time working on the C7A (Caribou) in Phu Cat. They sure didn't need much runway to get off the ground.

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Any idea what those 62SA's are going for in good shape?

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Had a guy at work tell a viet nam net customer that he was special forces in nam for 3 years. Knowing his age, he signed up when he was 8 years old.
And as to the original post, I was an aircraft mechanic, does that count

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Does Rossi still offer it, I went to their site and could not find it.

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WOW !!!!!!!!!!!! Love those guns.
I have one of the Taurus Thunderbolts and love it. No problems. I think they stoped making them.

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I guess I am a little slow, but when I went to the Henery site, I could find no info on a H001T rifle. Is it a special order or what ?

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I am with the rest of you. This is my first set of progressives and my last.

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thank you

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I was looking through my Lyman book at different loads and noticed they were calling for CCI 550 primers. Are these considered mag or standard primers. The reason I ask is all I have are Winchester small pistol mag and standard primers and would like to match the load as close as possible. Thanks fo...

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COSteve- thanks

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COSeve- 2 questions, 1 are all Lyman 17A globe sights the same as far as the inserts go. Example I have a 17 AHB.
Second one- are you sure you ordered p/n 100-008-890 and not 781-100-017 from Brownells?

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I don't think it is the Lee factory crimp die. I made a dummy round going through all the steps except powder and primer. The O.T. bullet meassured on the fat side of .359 before I loaded it, thats after I tried to wipe off any lube that might be on the surfaces. After loading, crimping and pulling,...

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COSteve- I asked this a long time ago, but where did you get the Lee Shaver inserts? I am having senior moments and can't remember.

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Thanks everyone for the info. Not sure which way to go. Have several hundred of these things left. I have not tried them in the Ruger yet. I would hate to think I would have rifle bullets and revolver bullets. I may have to try a lighter charge, since 12 grains got slight leading and still produced ...

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the gun has not had that many rounds through it maybe 1,000

The difference between 14.6 grains of 2400 in a rifle and 4" Ruger.

Rifle 1763 fps
Ruger 1358 fps

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just put a Lyman globe on 1894C yesterday. Put the Williams FP on a long time ago. It tough to get old and need help seeing.

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Have any of you folks had any problems with leading when using Oregon Trails bullets? They claim that you can load them up just like a jacketed bullet, which I doubt, with no leading. I followed their loading sheet somewhat for a 357 with a 158 grain bullet. They call for 14.2-15.3 grains of 2400. I...

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I don't think I could see a target 2 miles away. I must this sure has been an interesting topic, I have learned a lot.

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Very interesting, thanks for the history lesson. Tomorrow I will have to measure the wall thickness of my Cadet(I presume that is what you were refering to with the dim. of .073"). I will also have to take another look at my ramrod bayonet rifle. I thought it was a model 1888 but the breach say...

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Thats what I though, but my1888 has no date on the lock plate.

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Old Time Hunter- I have an 1873 Cadet that is my shooter since someone sanded down the stock and re-blued it. My question is what does it mean if the lock plate has the date stamped on it? Is it a Bannermans rebuild?

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Thanks everyone. Some GREAT info. which I shall incorporate into my next adventure of melting wheel weights, the 40 pounds I got yesterday will last a little while. I though that if you got zink into the mix that all was lost. Good to know that you can get it out with sulfur. I will have to check wi...

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Thanks, I will have to check Brownells out and see what they have. Usually I just go to Midway. Does Marvelux flame up?

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Thanks. So the mixture should be ok, thats great to hear. I am going to try using hardwood sawdust for the flux. I have heard that it works great and doesn't flame up or smoke as bad as some of the other stuff.
Thanks again.

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Thanks for the reply. I definatley need a second set of ingot molds. I have 3 more 5 gallon buckets of wheel weights to go through but I stopped when I got what looked like silver cake crubs on by table after the ingots broke. Are these ingots going to be ok to use?

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This may have been discussed before, so please bear with me. For several years I have been belting down wheel weights on an old camp stove that I have had since the 70's. The other day I tried to melt some down to make ingots. It would get them molten but just barley and took forever. I am figuring ...

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O.S.O.K. I checked out the site you mentioned. It looks like there are not that many states that you can produce tobacco or at least they didn't mention them. Do you know if East Texas weather will allow you to grow the stuff.

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El Chivo. The Pomona gun show was officially called the Great Western Gun Show and was going strong in Downey (I think, it has been to many years) in the 70's. It got so big that it had to move to the L. A. County Fair Grounds. The show was huge, probably to big. The ATF or some government group sen...

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What kind of a truck could be so bad that you can't a waiver or something like that.

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Glendora and San Dimas area is nice. Not that far from Azusa Canyon where there is a gun range also Prodado (sp?) Dam for shot gun stuff.

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The last gun show at Pomona had to be at least 13 years ago. Use to live about 10 miles from the place. What a great show.

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Very impressive collection. Glad to hear your wife is doing better.

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COSteve as others have said, welcome to the club. I was in the same boat as you, just 5 months ahead of you. I retired in July at 64+. I hate the system of paying on Wednesday. It is based on what day of the month your birthday falls on. Mine is the 20th so my check comes on the 3rd Wednesday of the...

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Love the Pics.. N. Ca. is great. I lived in George Town (sorta near Lake Tahoe) for awhile when I was a kid. Your right about the status of Calif., its a shame. I was born and raised in Ca. for 55 years. I now have lived in Texas for the last 10 years and love it.

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Please put my name in the hat as many times as possible

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Thanks

Ken

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very nice

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